7:2 The sons of Tola:
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, 1 and Samuel. 2 They were leaders of their families. 3 In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. 4
1 tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”
2 tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”
3 tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”
4 tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
5 tn Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”